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Workday

An American on-demand financial management, human capital management and Student information system software vendor.

#306

Rank

$64.22B

Marketcap

US United States

Country

Workday
Leadership team

David Albert Duffield (Chairman Emeritus)

Amir Assar (Assistant Vice President-Sales)

Products/ Services
financial management, human capital management
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Pleasanton, California, United States
Established
2005
Company Registration
SEC CIK number: 0001327811
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
WDAY
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Overview
Location
Summary

Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities. Workday is the leader in SaaS-based enterprise solutions for human resources, payroll and financial management, providing new levels of business agility for a fraction of the cost of buying, deploying and maintaining legacy on-premises systems. More than 130 customers, spanning mid-sized organizations to global Fortune 500 businesses, have selected Workday. Workday Human Capital Management and Workday Financial Management use modern, standards-based technologies to provide an unparalleled level of agility, ease-of-use, and integration capability.

History

2005: From these principles, Workday was founded in 2005. But since 2005 he has been on a nonstop crusade to turn Workday into a winner.

2008: On February 6, 2008, Workday announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to purchase Cape Clear. In December 2008, Workday moved its headquarters from Walnut Creek, California, to Pleasanton, California, where PeopleSoft founder Duffield's prior company, was located.

2009: On April 29, 2009, Workday announced that it secured $75 million in funding led by New Enterprise Associates. After dismissing cloud mania as "nonsense" in 2009, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison more recently has become a cloud enthusiast, buying full-page magazine ads to tell people about his company's many initiatives in this area.

2011: On October 24, 2011, Workday announced $85 million in new funding, bringing total capital raised to $250 million.

2012: The IPO raised more cash than any launch in the United States technology sector since Facebook's $16 billion IPO in May 2012. As of spring 2012, Workday had 310 customers, ranging from mid-sized businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

2016: In first quarter 2016, Workday announced annual revenue in excess of $1 billion for the first time ever in fiscal year 2016.

2018: In 2018 Workday acquired Filip Doušek's company Stories.bi.

2019: Their most recent acquisition was Scout RFP on Nov 4, 2019.

2020: Their most recent investment was on Jan 22, 2020, when tealbook raised $5M. In 2020, Chano Fernandez was promoted to co-CEO. Dave Duffield serves as the chairman of the board.

2021: As of January 2021, Workday launched COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solution to Enable Organizations to Protect and Support their Workforce. In November 2021, Workdays announced its acquisition of VNDLY, startup that helps companies manage external workforce personnel, for $510 million.

Mission

According to Workday, the company mission is: “to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications".

Vision

As stated in company website, Workday vision is: "to aim for innovation not only in development organization, but also in the way we approach every aspect of our business".

Key Team

Carl M. Eschenbach (Board Member)

Ann-Marie Campbell (Board Member)

David Albert Duffield (Chairman Emeritus)

Ashley D. Goldsmith (Chief Human Resources Officer)

Ann-Marie Campbell (Board Member)

Barbara Cosgrove (Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer)

Christina Davies (Board Member)

Barbry McGann (SVP-Product Management)

Chih Yuan Yang (Board Member)

Betsy Bland (VP-Financial Management Corporate Strategy)

George Still Jr. (Vice Chairman)

Bjorn Hamel (Chief Security Architect)

James Shaughnessy Esq (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary)

Aneel Bhusri (CEO)

Jerry Yang (Board Member)

Carin Taylor (Chief Diversity Officer)

Justin Furby (Board Member)

David Albert Duffield (Chairman Emeritus)

Aneel Bhusri (CEO)

Recognition and Awards
Fortune: Best Workplaces
References
Workday
Leadership team

David Albert Duffield (Chairman Emeritus)

Amir Assar (Assistant Vice President-Sales)

Products/ Services
financial management, human capital management
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Pleasanton, California, United States
Established
2005
Company Registration
SEC CIK number: 0001327811
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
WDAY
Social Media